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| {{distinguish|Asianet News Network|Asianet Satellite Communications}}
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| |network_name = Asianet Star Communications
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| |network_logo = Asianet Logo.svg
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| |network_type = Media Company
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| |country = India
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| |parent = [[Star India|STAR India]] ([[Disney India]])
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| '''Asianet Star Communications,''' formerly '''Asianet Communications,''' is an Indian media company owned by [[Star India]], a wholly owned subsidiary of [[The Walt Disney Company]].<ref name=":75">{{Cite web|url=https://www.medianama.com/2014/03/223-star-india-asianet/|title=STAR India acquires 100% Stake in Asianet Communications - MediaNama|website=medianama.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727115407/https://www.medianama.com/2014/03/223-star-india-asianet/|archive-date=27 July 2019|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref name=":44">{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/interesting-tussle-on-to-gain-control-of-kannada-prabha-113071701107_1.html|title=Interesting tussle on to gain control of 'Kannada Prabha'|last=Kulkarni|first=Raghuvir Badrinath & Mahesh|date=17 July 2013|work=Business Standard|access-date=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727115558/https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/interesting-tussle-on-to-gain-control-of-kannada-prabha-113071701107_1.html|archive-date=27 July 2019|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Asianet Star Communications operates Malayalam channels [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]], Asianet HD, Asianet Plus, [[Asianet Middle East]], and Asianet Movies,<ref name="busi">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/article3627299.ece|title=Asianet to launch movie channel on 15 July|date=11 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105064657/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/marketing/article3627299.ece|archive-date=5 January 2013|url-status=dead|publisher=[[Business Line]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/asianet-to-launch-24-hour-movie-channel/31051/|title=Asianet to launch 24-hour movie channel|date=11 July 2012|work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> Kannada channels [[Star Suvarna]], Star Suvarna HD and [[Star Suvarna Plus]] and Tamil channels [[Star Vijay]], [[Star Vijay Super]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.medianama.com/2014/03/223-star-india-asianet/|title=STAR India acquires 100% Stake in Asianet Communications|date=2014-03-13|website=MediaNama|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> Star Vijay HD and Star Vijay Music.
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| Malayalam and Kannada news channels, [[Asianet News]] (formerly Asianet Global) and [[Suvarna News]] (formerly Asianet Suvarna), are wholly owned by Asianet News Network (ANN), a subsidiary of [[Jupiter Capital Private Limited|Jupiter Capital.]] Both Asianet News Network channels and [[Star India|STAR India]] channels use the brand-name and the "Asianet" logo.<ref name=":75"/>
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| ==History==
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| Asianet Communications was the first entertainment television company in Malayalam.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-36543120081117|title=Star buys majority in Asianet; forms JV with Rajeev Chandrasekhar|date=2008-11-17|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-07-27|language=en}}</ref> [[STAR India]] started discussions with the then owners of the Asianet in August, 2008.<ref name=":12">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/finance/rupert-murdoch-s-grand-takeover-in-kerala-news-news-jegwlxfefhj.html|title=Rupert Murdoch's grand takeover in Kerala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106163859/http://www.sify.com/finance/rupert-murdoch-s-grand-takeover-in-kerala-news-news-jegwlxfefhj.html|archive-date=6 November 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref> STAR India eventually bought a 51% stake in Asianet Communications and formed joint venture with JEV in November, 2008.<ref name=":44"/> The joint venture, called "STAR Jupiter", comprised all general entertainment channels of Asianet Communications ([[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]], Asianet Plus, [[Star Suvarna|Asianet Suvarna]] and Asianet Sitara<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/star-tv-buys-majority-in-jupiter-entertainment-108111601036_1.html|title=Star TV buys majority in Jupiter Entertainment|last=Reporter|first=B. S.|date=2008-11-16|work=Business Standard|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>) and [[Star Vijay]]. Star India had reportedly paid $235 million in cash for the 51% stake and assumed net debt of approximately $20 million.<ref name=":75"/><ref name=":12"/>
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| STAR India increased its stake in Asianet Communications to 75% in July 2010 (for which STAR India paid around $90 million in cash), and to 87%, by acquiring 12% stake for $160 million in June, 2013. The later move was by virtue of acquiring a 19% equity stake in Vijay TV from [[Rajeev Chandrasekhar]] and Asianet Communications MD Madhavan. Following the June, 2013 investment, Asianet Communications was valued at $1.33 billion. STAR India acquired 100% stake in Asianet Communications (buying the remaining 13% stake) in March, 2014.<ref name=":75"/><ref name=":44"/>
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| Upon [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|Disney acquiring Fox]], Asianet Star Communications, along with all of [[Star India]]'s subsidiaries, became subsidiaries of [[The Walt Disney Company]], and restructuring put them under [[Disney India]].
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| ==Channels==
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| |''[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]''
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| | rowspan="2"|General Entertainment
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| | rowspan="5"|[[Malayalam]]
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| |''[[Asianet Plus]]''
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| |''[[Asianet Movies]]''
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| |''[[Asianet Middle East]]''
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| |General Entertainment
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| |''Asianet Music''
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| |''[[Star Suvarna]]''
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| |General Entertainment
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| |''[[Star Suvarna Plus]]''
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| |''[[Star Vijay]]''
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| |''[[Star Vijay Super]]''
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| |''[[Star Vijay Music]]''
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| ===Defunct/Former Channels===
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| * [[Asianet Suvarna]] - Rebranded As [[Star Suvarna]]
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| * [[Asianet Sitara]] - Now as [[Star Suvarna Plus]]
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| ==Radio==
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| Best FM 95, is run by Asianet STAR Communications. Best FM 95 has two FM radio stations in Kerala, Thrissur & Kannur. It broadcasts music in three languages (Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gainbuzz|title=Best FM,Kannur , Kannur|url=https://www.gainbuzz.com/radio-advertising-best-fm-kannur-37358|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Gainbuzz|language=en}}</ref> Best fm 95 was launched on January 13, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asianet FM Radio from Kannur to go on air on Jan 13|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/amp/asianet-fm-radio-from-kannur-to-go-on-air-on-jan-13/534378|access-date=2020-12-16|website=www.outlookindia.com/|language=en}}</ref>
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| Asianet STAR Communications also had a radio station in [[MiddleEast]] in the name Asianet fm but it was closed later
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| == References ==
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.asianetglobal.com Official site]
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| [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1991]]
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| [[Category:Mass media companies established in 1991]]
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